The idea of building a top factory team in China is Zhang Yifei's ultimate ambition, and it may not be possible to complete it in a lifetime.

But a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and after all, there must be someone who takes the lead. If you can, start with go-karts and junior formula and step by step towards the crown of the automotive industry.

In fact, this kind of ambition is not only Zhang Yifei, Huali itself has, in 2003, Huali showed the concept car of the independent formula car.

After three years of R&D and manufacturing, in 2006, Huali finally built a prototype of the Formula Combass car. This is the first formula car in China to be submitted to the FIA for certification, much earlier than many people think.

You must know that this is a few years ago, and when you don't have fun buying grocery cars, there is such a Chinese car company, whimsically playing formula cars, which is really a bit appalling.

The backward design and weak performance make it impossible to maintain the order, and there is no strength to participate in the competition of world events.

It can only be said that Huali at this time had an unrealistic dream, and when he woke up from the dream, he faced not only failure, but also everyone's laughter.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Shame Smile didn't break the company, and thirteen years later, he managed to reach the WDC championship with another performance car, the Lingke 03. In a different way, it has shown itself in motorsport.

And the champion model Lingke 03+, but also set off a domestic rush to buy, many people may never have imagined, a domestic performance car will appear to be rushed, a car is hard to find, can be sold even if it is good, but the reality has happened.

This is the brand effect that automobile events bring to manufacturers, as well as the affirmation of performance, and it is also the real reason why automobile giants spend huge sums of money to participate in various automobile competitions.

You can't do it behind closed doors, you have to compete with other international giants and beat them so that the world will recognize your progress and strength.

Therefore, the basis of Zhang Yifei's cooperation with Huali is not because of any strength, technology, reputation and so on. There is only one real reason, that is, ambition, Huali has the same arrogant ambition as Zhang Yifei, and wants to make Chinese car companies synonymous with performance!

"Well, let's do a big one, build China's first formula racing club!"

Lu Ningping responded to Zhang Yifei excitedly, he never thought that this day would come so quickly!

"By the way, Uncle Lu, the area of the club's venue, you can buy as much as you can, don't save money when you go!"

Zhang Yifei reminded at this time that this formula club is the starting point, and it is necessary to reserve space for future development.

"Buy? What is the reason for buying such a big piece of wilderness, in addition to the main construction area, you really need space to rent it, and at this stage, you can save more money on the car and the coach. ”

The construction cost of a standard track has to cost at least tens of millions, and if you include the cost of racing cars and personnel, eight million dollars seems like a lot, but it really can't withstand the speed at which formula cars burn money.

The last time Zhang Yifei used money urgently, Lu Ningping still remembered it vividly, he always had to reserve some liquidity, and there was no need to buy some spare space now.

In the face of Lu Ningping's incomprehension, Zhang Yifei didn't know what to say, now it is a wilderness, and it seems that it is useless to buy it, and it will cause financial pressure, but not in the future!

In the past 20 years, the speed of development will exceed everyone's imagination, and the price of land will also rise to the sky.

Zhang Yifei has no idea of speculating on the land, but he is afraid that he will be speculated by others in the future, so he simply bears a little financial pressure now, buys all the commercial land at the price, and postpones the construction plan a little.

Otherwise, if you want to buy it for expansion in the future, it won't be as easy as it is today.

As for funding, Zhang Yifei feels that there is no pressure, and Junko Takeda actually has a lot of advertisers to contact him. Taking domestic enterprises alone, there are Mengniu, Unicom, Life Insurance, and a number of joint venture car companies.

The unit price of these corporate endorsements is not as high as that of foreign countries, but it is not a problem to add up to tens of millions of dollars. It's just that Zhang Yifei feels that his commercial value will soar by leaps and bounds next year, and he doesn't want to sign a long-term endorsement contract, so he has been considering and screening.

If you really need money urgently, then take a few more endorsement advertisements, and now that fame comes up, it is equivalent to money!

"Uncle Lu, listen to me, buy them all!"

Seeing that Zhang Yifei was so resolute, Lu Ningping couldn't say anything, after all, the money was all Zhang Yifei's.

"Okay, I'll follow the maximum area plan."

Taking the money to Uncle Lu to create a formula club is the most important thing for Zhang Yifei to return to China this time, and now that he has made a plan, he basically doesn't need Zhang Yifei to worry about it, Lu Ningping will take care of the follow-up.

In the next few days, Zhang Yifei began to officially enjoy his vacation time. However, his sudden appearance still caused a lot of sensation in the neighborhood, and many three aunts and six mothers-in-law came to take photos with him.

Zhang Yifei didn't know that there were so many "distant relatives".

But after a while, the excitement gradually stopped, after all, Zhang Yifei was still walking the streets every day two years ago, how much change can he have? It's nothing more than a curiosity about "celebrities", and when the novelty passes, it's still the kid in that impression.

At the same time, some media came to interview after getting the news, but these were all rejected by Zhang Yifei.

He is a person who has a clear line between work and life, and since it is his vacation time, he does not want to be disturbed.

Zhang Yifei's toughness and resoluteness are well-known in the media circle, he doesn't want to be interviewed, no matter how he says, it's useless. So after the hustle and bustle of the first two days, it began to gradually calm down, except for the occasional fan who met and asked for an autograph, which was roughly a return to normal life.

However, this is only limited to these streets where I grew up, if I go to a public place such as a square, and there are many strangers, Zhang Yifei still can't avoid being watched by onlookers.

After spending a few days at home, Zhang Yifei was bored with this kind of life, and with the winter test time for newcomers approaching soon, he decided to return to the French headquarters.

Zhang Zhiguo didn't keep Zhang Yifei too much when he wanted to return to the team, after all, he is now in his early forties, far from the age when he needs his children and grandchildren to surround him. And as a former professional rally maintenance engineer, Zhang Zhiguo understands and is used to this experience, and the journey of a professional driver is always far away!

It was still the Santana that sent Zhang Yifei to the airport, but this time Uncle Lu did not accompany him, and he had already started to work on the establishment of the formula club.

Compared with the send-off, this formula club, which may unite the efforts of generations of Chinese professional drivers, represents the future direction of Chinese racing, and nothing can be more important.

"Boy, run well and try to come back with a world championship."

Zhang Zhiguo patted Zhang Yifei on the shoulder, in the field of professional racing, China has not yet produced any world champion driver, and he hopes that his son will set this record.

"Don't worry, old man, if you don't want to win the world championship, what kind of career do you have?"

"Ambitious, stronger than we were back then."

"That's a must."

Zhang Yifei replied with a smile, the father-son relationship between him and Zhang Zhiguo is a kind of friendship, and he speaks casually most of the time.

"Okay, I'm leaving, old man, you usually take care of your body."

Lifting the luggage, Zhang Yifei said to Zhang Zhiguo, he slept in the rally in the early years. And in recent years, car repair shops, many times also go out early and return late, and the body is not as good as imagined.

"You too, stay safe during the game."

Zhang Zhiguo also instructed, this is what he said in his heart.

"Hmm."

Zhang Yifei nodded.

"Go ahead, I'll go too."

After saying this, Zhang Zhiguo patted Zhang Yifei's arm, then turned around and sat back in the car, starting the car and preparing to leave.

There is no too much separation and hypocrisy, he has always been the traditional father whose emotions are buried in his heart.

Seeing Zhang Zhiguo preparing to leave, Zhang Yifei also picked up his luggage and turned around and walked towards the elevator in the underground garage. But when he entered the elevator and turned around and pressed the number of floors, he looked up and found that the Santana was still parked in place, and Zhang Zhiguo looked at him from a distance through the car window.

At this time, facing Zhang Yifei's gaze, Zhang Zhiguo stretched out his hand and gave him a thumbs up from afar. Many times he is embarrassed to say his praise, but in his heart, his son's achievements are always the proudest thing in his life.

The elevator door closed, Zhang Zhiguo's figure disappeared from sight, and Zhang Yifei's eyes suddenly had a flickering light.

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Back in Paris, when Zhang Yifei suddenly appeared in the headquarters building, the crew members were very surprised, they didn't expect Zhang Yifei to come back so soon.

"Fei, why did you come back so soon?"

Henry, the team leader, asked, his tone full of surprise.

Because in general, F1 drivers are looking for a holiday location and then taking a full vacation, and it is rare to return to the team early, and so much earlier.

"What, aren't you welcome?"

"Of course you are welcome."

Hearing this, Henry reacted and opened his arms to give Zhang Yifei a hug.

"Has the team rookie tryout time been set?"

Zhang Yifei opened his mouth to ask, this is the thing he paid the most attention to when he returned to the team in advance.

"Two days later, you're coming back to watch the rookie tryout?"

Prost didn't tell Henry about Massa, so he didn't know. And in general, the new team trial is attended by the management, and few drivers pay attention.

Because the driver and the team are simply employed, the boss wants to hire another person, which actually has nothing to do with the driver. And most of the riders don't have the time to spare, wasting their vacation time to pay attention, Zhang Yifei is an outlier.